The Skeptoid 150th Episode Party
Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena
What I once expected would distract me for a month or two, and last 5 or 10 episodes, has exploded into two and a half years and 150 episodes, and is growing like never before. Please join me in celebrating this (admittedly arbitrary, but fun nevertheless) milestone for the Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena podcast.
So we’re throwing a “little” formal dinner party, at one of the country’s top rising stars in scientific research, the University of California Irvine, about 15 miles north of where Skeptoid is painstakingly produced every week, on April 18, 2009.
But no, it’s not just a dinner party! What’s a skeptical celebration without special skeptical performances?
- Mentalist and fellow Skeptologist Mark Edward will be giving a live mentalism performance. Take my word for it, this is worth the price of admission alone.
- Happy hour will be graced with the suave piano bar tunes of skeptical composer Peter Zachos.
- Survivor and fellow Skeptologist Yau-Man Chan will be on hand as a special guest, as will Skeptologists director Ryan Johnson.
- Fine food, drinks, hors d’ouveres, and skeptical fellowship will flow.
- And … drum roll please … partygoers will be witness to the world premiere of the amazing, incredible, words-cannot-describe-it, SECRET PROJECT that has been brewing in the Skeptoid skunkworks for months. I won’t tell you what it is — you have to be there to experience it — but I will tell you two things: (1) it has been known, during its secret development, to a few insiders as Project Dunstable; and (2) if you miss it and hear about it second hand, you will kick yourself in the ass.
- And, finally, what would a Skeptoid party be without a live Skeptoid performance? I’ll be reading a special episode produced only for the party that will not otherwise be broadcast.
Tickets are $75, all-inclusive (even some alcohol!). Kick this economy in the nads! (The party is non-profit, all ticket sales contribute to the cost of the event.)
The Evil Skeptoid Debunkatron
Tickets are selling quickly since I announced it on the podcast, and it’s clear that the party WILL SELL OUT, so if you want to join us, please buy your tickets soon (like now) and don’t risk getting disappointed.
And, just for the hell of it, take a look at the original cover art for my podcast, which for the first few episodes, was called The Evil Skeptoid Debunkatron until I was unanimously advised to change it. I guess I don’t always get everything right…just most things most of the time.
Brian –
Any chance you’d consider streaming the event online – or at least taking some video – for us east-coasters?
Seems like 90% of skeptical events are on or near the west coast. When will something be held back here in America?
Seems like 90% of skeptical events are on or near the west coast. When will something be held back here in America?
LMAO … I second this sentiment. Just because we have a few less teeth east of the Mississippi, doesn’t mean we aren’t mostly human.
So, we’re screwed if we don’t live in California or are not wealthy enough to fly there. Gee, thanks, Brian.
Even for those of us who live on the west coast, these things are way too expensive. Well, at least there’s meetup groups, right?
Just do what I do. In 2006 I wanted to go to TAM 6 in Las Vegas but was too cheap to pay the air fare. So I wrote a lot of nasty letters to the mayor there, the sort of thing persnickety district attorneys call ‘communicating threats’. I got extradited from my home state to Las Vegas where I was booked and jailed. The next morning I went to court for my arraignment and they set bail. My bail was less than half the cost of air fare PLUS I got my first night ‘room’ for free. Then I went to TAM and looked around the parking lot for cars with license plates from my home state and when TAM was over, I stowed away in the trunk.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Damn, Devil’s Advocate. That is some real dedication.
Congratulations, wish i could come
Boll*x! – I’ve got an ocean to cross and a lousy currency to use so please accept my apologies this time Brian.
How about a pub meeting next time you’re in the UK – it’s a pretty cheap place to holiday right now.
Mike
Curse my east-coast roots and college-sapped bank accounts! It sounds like it’d be a total blast, and dang I wish I could go.
Anybody know the mailing address for the mayor of Irving CA?
Anybody know the mailing address for the mayor of Irving CA?
No, but I have the mailing address of the guy who is a reincarnation of Merlin … would that help?
Hey, who’s willing to pay for my flight from Australia?
Anyone?
No?
Oh well. Have fun!
Dammit … I’m another Aussie without even a bus fare to the nearest town out here in the bush. But I wish you all a great night, Brian and friends. I hope we antipodeans get to see a video or hear a podcast following the gig.